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Thursday, August 8, 2013

The countdown is on...

Yes
folks, it's that time of year again..... THE KIDS ARE GOING
BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

---no,
I'm not excited... why do you ask?

...just
kidding... I can't wait!

Now,
I know the kids would be offended at this, so let me clarify: I'm
not excited that they'll be gone all day, I'm excited that I'll have
more time to focus on some of the projects that I've had on my to-do
list for far too long... and that it'll be quiet because
they'll be gone all day. ;o)

So,
I mentioned some of the organizational YouTubers that I've been
watching awhile ago (I'm not sure which post... maybe I'll link
to it in the future, just not right at this moment). One of
them is At
Home With Nikki, she does lots of organizational, time
management, cleaning and decorating videos (apparently she
has a blog, but I haven't checked it out at this point). About
two weeks ago she posted this
video full of back to school tips...

Well,
I jumped on it and went out and got supplies to make my own school
information binder for the kids. I'm so happy with it so far!
It has already helped me to stay on track with the little bits
of registration that we I was slacking on.

(continue reading after the jump)

While
I watched At Home With Nikki's video, I took notes (using Google
Keep, my all-time favorite note-taking app) so I knew exactly
what to put where. As it stands, this is my set-up:

...I
have my family's color-coding system

on
the inside of the front cover...

...then
a three-hole pencil pouch containing felt-tip pens in

each
of our colors (labeled accordingly, of course), a ball-point pen,

a
black sharpie, corrective tape, extra repositionable tabs

and
1" post-it strips (I cut a stack of 3x3" post-its into
thirds to get this size)...

...after
this are sheet protectors and folders that I labeled using
repositionable tabs and my clear label tape for my Dymo Letra tag
label maker: